Gillis’ time was well off the Canadian marathon record of two hours, 10 minutes and eight seconds set by Jerome Drayton in 1975.

Tufa Tigist of Ethiopia won the women’s race in a time of two hours, 24 minutes and 31 seconds. That’s a women’s record for the Ottawa course.

Rhiannon Johns, 22, took the Canadian women’s championship in a time of two hours, 47 minutes and 12 seconds. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., native ran for the University of Alabama at Birmingham until she graduated in 2013.